Cole Escola Wows in Voluminous 'Ibuprofen' Pink Coordinating Set and Red Wig at the 2026 Tony Awards
Cole Escola Wows in Voluminous 'Ibuprofen' Pink Coordinating Set and Red Wig at the 2026 Tony Awards
Catherine SantinoMon, June 8, 2026 at 12:23 AM UTC
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Cole Escola.Credit: Dia Dipasupil/WireImage -
Cole Escola made a statement at the 2026 Tony Awards in a voluminous pink look and short red wig
They appeared alongside Maya Rudolph, who currently stars as Mary in Escola's Tony Award-winning play Oh, Mary!
In 2025, the star won Best Performance by a Leading Actor in Play for their appearance in Oh, Mary! while wearing a blue gown inspired by Bernadette Peters
Cole Escola knows how to make an entrance!
On Sunday, June 7, in New York City, the star, 39, wowed at the 2026 Tony Awards in a voluminous bright pink coordinating set with ruffle details and a bow at the collar.
On the red carpet, the actor told Reuters that the look was custom Christopher John Rogers, joking that it was in the shade "ibuprofen." They also shared that their tortoiseshell heels were by Jimmy Choo. To top off the head-turning look, Escola sported a short, curly red wig.
The actor posed on the carpet with Maya Rudolph, who is currently playing the title role in Escola's Tony-winning play Oh, Mary!
At the 2025 Tonys, Escola wore a silvery-blue gown inspired by Bernadette Peters' look at the 1999 ceremony, where she took home the award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for Annie Get Your Gun.
Cole Escola.Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty
"It's my favorite blue, I call it Cinderella blue," Escola told PEOPLE on the red carpet. The star also pointed out that their pendant necklace features famed British actress Laura Keene, who starred in the play Our American Cousin, which was attended by President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater in Washington on the evening of his assassination.
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Escola's custom Wiederhoeft creation featured a lace-up corset in pale blue taffeta with draping at the chest and hips and hand-embroidered metallic blue glass beads. The skirt, embroidered in the same glass beads, had an ornamental door motif cascading down the entire front in silver glass beads, faceted crystals and tarnished metal sequins, which a press release stated was "a nod to Bernadette's medals and the significance of the passage of time."
The skirt's voluminous train was made of light blue taffeta.
In further homage to Peters, Escola sported a reddish-brown curly wig inspired by the star's signature look.
Cole Escola at the 2025 Tony Awards.Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty
That evening, Escola took home the award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a play for their work in Oh, Mary!, the hit Broadway comedy of which Escola is also the playwright.
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Hosted by Pink, the 2026 Tony Awards air from Radio City Music Hall on both coasts beginning at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and Paramount+. Before the broadcast, Laura Benanti and Tituss Burgess host the pre-show, The Tony Awards: Act One, streaming live on Pluto TV starting at 6:35 p.m. ET.
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